Well, well I have returned and the chapter is finally here! Elaine first got her Sacred Treasure: Hadhafang then received training by ser captain Meliodas and Great Holy Knight Zaratras while their fellow Seven Deadly Sins had their own training somewhere. I apologize for taking so long in finishing the sixth chapter of "Elaine, the Fox's Sin of Greed". Sorry! Hehe my bad. I have tried my best to make this scene okay.

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Chapter 6

"Alright, well done. Now again!", Zaratras said as he personally heads the Fox's Sin of Greed's training, with his eyes observing carefully.

Elaine, recently motivated by her captain's words of determination, kept swinging her wooden sword with grace and elegance she cleverly improvised, something she learned from Ban who told her about the highborn ladies being all graceful and elegant when they move whom he robbed from them earlier 20 years ago, as she sparred with Meliodas who apparently took it easy for her until she finally gets it as she struck, parried and dodged attacks every time against her captain in quick speed, began to easily cope with the fighting style of the humans as she is slowly dropping the way of how fairies fight, although ironically none of the Seven Deadly Sins aren't even human at all. They're monsters!

Meliodas, whilst parrying and striking at the immortal fairy, complimented. "You're getting good Elaine! Keep it up!"

"T-thanks captain!", the Fox's Sin of Greed replied before quickly dodging then lets out several slashes all at once which Meliodas easily parried.

Over time during Elaine's tough course of training, the immortal fairy did her very best to learn and improve her swordsmanship and combat skills under Meliodas, the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins and Great Holy Knight Zaratras, as she managed to keep up with Meliodas' lessons and Zaratras' guidance slowly but surely at least. They taught her how to swiftly react and dodge every attack, telling that even if she has immortality, the immortal fairy had to become more reaction in the field of battle not to rely on her incredible healing abilities too much.

The immortal fairy felt pain from all the strikes she received from Meliodas even it's the gentlest of attacks but no fatigue at all throughout the training as she soon realized that her immortality no longer allows such tiring state in her body, allowing her to greater endurance with no signs of tiring at all unlike the first time of her training that she first get tired. They included series of exercises like running and pushups and sparring with her captain or with the Great Holy Knight himself, first from the wooden sword then to the real sword.

Not Hadhafang of course. Not yet anyways...

On the other hand, the Fox's Sin of Greed came to discover that her immortality from the Fountain of Youth not only granted her unrivaled regenerative abilities but also insanely massive super-strength as she accidentally caused a straight line of destructive shockwave on the ground just by stomping her feet in frustration during in one of her training drills due to Meliodas sometimes not being serious in his role as a training instructor.

Her brother was sadly caught in its range while on his own training session routine with Chastiefol, ended up being sent flying into the skies in the process but used his levitation to re-balance himself mid-flight that brought her a comedic scolding from her older sibling as a result.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing sister! You almost blew me away, Elaine!", King yelled frantically.

Elaine was utterly embarrassed of this and repeatedly said sorry to her big brother, bowing in panic of the Fairy King's wrath that have caused even the most powerful warriors in Britannia tremble in fear of his name or at least her big brother's...

"At least it was a breathtaking experience for your brother, right Elaine? Ni-shi-shi.", Meliodas jokingly commented.

That gave a warm laughter among her fellow Sins with the exception of Escanor however he can be heard slightly coughed up laughing and Zaratras. And oh boy Meliodas made a joke about it at her expense, prompting Elaine to whack him in the head with the wooden sword but the blond kid easily dodged it much to her frustration who then blew him away with a swipe of her hand. But that didn't actually faze him at all as he clearly enjoyed the view from above.

The blond boy bemusedly commented with big smile on his face, "Ooh great view! I can clearly see a panty from a mile away!"

"What a carefree perverted idiot you are Captain!...Hmph!", the immortal fairy said to herself as she saw him like that when Meliodas fell down from the sky and landed as light as a feather.

While at times when the Seven Deadly Sins were in a break from their training sessions with the Great Holy Knight mostly Meliodas and Escanor go drinking with Diane tailing behind her 'beloved' captain, while Merlin continuing her Magical research being accompanied by Gowther at her castle, the immortal fairy managed to see more into the human civilization as she seen many structures, such as houses and ale stores much to her joy with the urge to try them all and add the labels into Ban's old ale label collection, met a lot of people, notably the townsfolk living in the capital of Liones who are peaceful and kind, contented of their satisfied lives not what she expected whom she, her brother and the Fairy Clan believed them to be greedy and violent all the time.

Strolling around the capital of the Liones Kingdom like a happy little girl she is (however technically it meant about her fairy form is), Elaine said to herself out loud, "Ban was right. Not all humans are vile and greedy I once believed them to be. I'm glad that I'm out of the Boredom Clan. *giggles*""

She also carried the book containing the Seven Laws of the Seven Deadly Sins provided by the Boar's Sin of Gluttony herself, a book she will read to know and familiarize with the group's laws and obey them while in her free time with ale, her now-favorite drink if she wanted to. This also includes the book about 'The Way of the Knight' too courtesy by the ever silent Lion's Sin of Pride. However some reason, King has been following her wherever she goes like a overly-protective brother after a bunch of men had their eyes on the Fox's Sin of Greed's alluring beauty due to her human form she currently is in now.

"Oh, brother...", she muttered under her breath and face palmed to see King dangerously glaring at the men who are looking his dear sister even if some were actually weren't at all and are just being gentlemen and nice to Elaine, threatening to draw out his Spirit Spear Chastiefol upon them.

"If you have any ideas on my little sister, you'll feel my wrath!", King said to the men darkly in an authoritative tone of a king all the while shifting his Sacred Treasure's pillow form into a long spear aiming for them.

"Y-yes! We're sorry! G-gotta go! Bye! Haaah!" as the townsmen lost their wits to the apparently angry fat man with a floating spear at his side, running away with their tails between their legs.

Turning to a deadpanned Elaine, King switched to his game face mode with thumbs up. "Don't worry little sister! Your big brother will be here to protect you from these unruly men!"

The Fox's Sin of Greed was so embarrassed of her big brother's little stunt in front of the citizens of the Liones capital, face-palming again with red cheeks flaring in utter embarrassment. As the result, the two Fairies are now infamously known in the kingdom of Liones as the 'dynamic duo' as it happened almost every day much to the immortal fairy's dismay who silently desired to punch her brother in the face to feel better one of these days.

In the meantime later, Elaine gets to know with Shireen, a Holy Knight and member of the 'Five War Kings', an order of five powerful Holy Knights, all Diamond-ranked, who serve and protect the king of Liones solely with their lives that has been around for generations since the founding of the kingdom in Britannia, and the two eventually bonded like sisters as they talk about girly stuff and share stories, even sparring with each other on occasions and it's a good thing for Elaine to master her fighting skills even more. The immortal fairy gets to know of Shireen's teammates: Robb, Theon, Dany, and Jaime who befriended with the immortal fairy and socialized together.

Elaine finds the Five War Kings to be really nice guys when they're not on duty to protect the king of Liones in their free time but when they are, they are very serious and duty-bound in their job to protect the king and answer to no one but the latter til the end even at the cost of their lives.

Continuing with the training after few days of break, Elaine now masters with her power over wind she called it "Strike Air", the power she used during her time as the Guardian Saint of the Fountain of Youth 700 years ago and the only known power she possessed. The immortal fairy can use the Sacred Tree's branches and roots like her brother the Fairy King and the rest of the Fairy Clan but since the Fairy King's Forest was destroyed 20 years ago by the fatass clown red demon and the Sacred Tree burned down, it may be no longer an option. Utilizing with hand-to-hand and sword combat, Elaine can now do more than just simply blow away foes with a flick of her hand such as utilizing Hadhafang for magically air-induced sword slashes and strikes and created various techniques she'd named them herself for her Power.

"Come on sister! You can do better than that!", King said as he sparred with his little sister.

"I know brother!", Elaine retorted as she clashed with Hadhafang against King's Chastiefol. The long greatsword forged by the Goddess Clan made to kill Demons is indeed heavy for any normal human to lift it (except probably Holy Knights probably) but it's no big deal for the Fox's Sin of Greed thanks to her immense strength from her immortality.

After several months of training under Great Holy Knight Zaratras, her captain Meliodas and with the rest of her fellow Deadly Sins, Elaine the Fox's Sin of Greed have now become a fully-trained knight, a formidable fighter in her own right among the Seven Deadly Sins...

As the Seven Deadly Sins with their respective Sacred Treasures at their side, assembled before Zaratras who was pleased of his work displaying pride on the fruits of his labor before the Great Holy Knight spoke, "First off, I would like to congratulate Lady Elaine, the Fox's Sin of Greed for her hard work, diligence and dedication in learning 'The Way of the Knight' and the fundamental basics of the sword and hand-to-hand combat. "

Meliodas and the rest of the Sins gave a round of applause to the immortal fairy, especially her brother King who is proud of her little sister and gave thumbs up (and sparkles, too). This flusters Elaine greatly as she tried to brush it off but it is a losing battle as her fellow teammates gave compliments and congratulations to her, even Escanor nodded in approval. That made the immortal fairy wonder if the Lion's Sin of Pride is ever going to speak not even once one of these days eventually.

Zaratras warmly smiled and spoke to the Sins again after getting their undivided attention to him again, "Now for today, we will have a test. A test which requires all of you Seven Deadly Sins to win and succeed. Nothing, more nothing less. That is all."

This announcement from the Great Holy Knight himself had surprised the Seven Deadly Sins of what the Great Holy Knight just said as they made comments about their test except Escanor of course who is still quiet as a lion crouching to jump on his prey as ever.

"Ooh... is that a challenge I hear Zaratras? As expected of the Great Holy Knight. Ni-shi-shi!", Meliodas care-freely commented as if it was no big deal for the likes of him.

"If it's for captain, I'll do it!", Diane declared full of energy, raising her Gideon high in the sky that almost everyone throughout the kingdom can see the Giantess' warhammer as if she wanted the Dragon's Sin of Wrath to notice her and accept her love of him.

Uhhh...you're so hopeless Diane...you're breaking my poor brother's heart even more if you keep this up..., Elaine mentally spoke, feeling sorry that her older brother tried in vain to win the Giantess' love once more after being separated from her 500 years ago from a certain event that placed King among the Seven Deadly Sins as the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth. The affair between King and Diane was discovered after Elaine mind/heart read her brother a few months ago during the training but managed to see only the sad moment between King and Diane as the rest remained blurry and Elaine could not find more about it lest if she wanted another playful punishment flick on the forehead by Meliodas again.

"I-if this is a challenge Lord Great Holy Knight, then I, King the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth, will accept it!", King spoke loudly in pride of a Fairy King with Chastiefol at his side but in his mind, he's hoping that he may win Diane's heart once more in a hopeless battlefield of love to which a deadpanned immortal fairy read it.

Merlin gave a playful smirk whilst levitating her Sacred Treasure orb as she said, "A test from the Great Holy Knight? Seriously? Oh well. This might be fun...Hehehe."

"Lord Great Holy Knight wishes to witness our formidable skills and abilities in a form of a test that requires all of the Seven Deadly Sins to accomplish. That we must oblige...", Gowther emotionlessly rationalized behind his large terrifying helm of his, not yet brandishing his Twin-Bow Herritt.

Escanor held his silence and nodded in response as a form of accepting the test from the Great Holy Knight, placing his Sacred Treasure giant axe into soon-to-be battle-ready position to put his pride in the line, living up to his title of Lion's Sin of Pride.

"Can't wait to see what I can do after all the training with you guys might finally off. So, how do you humans call it?...Bring it on.", Elaine spoke with confidence she gathered up all her guts to say that.

Seeing that they are now ready for the challenge, Zaratras smiled as he explained. "Very well then, here's the test...", before revealing three bells in his right hand before the Seven Deadly Sins. "These three bells here I carry serve as the main goal of the test. Any of you Sins must grab these bells before the noon. Should any of you fail, there's a form of punishment in store... But then there's a secondary but optional goal as well."

"What do you mean 'secondary goal', Lord Great Holy Knight?...", Elaine asked curiously.

The Great Holy Knight could only warmly chuckle as he readies his shield and sword before replying, "You will have to fight me..."

Author's Note: Whew finally. I really hate my writer's block in my head. Seriously it's real pain in the ass these days! Ugh... Anyways next chapter, the Seven Deadly Sins will have to face off with their superior Great Holy Knight Zaratras in a test of their teamwork of getting three bells situated next to his waist and the results of their own training/honing skills. I sorta based it off from Naruto as a form of homage to the awesome series that has ended in a good way. Miss that good manga. :') Some time after the test, Elaine might have a little scuffle with one of the Six Stars of the Azure Sky.

After a few chapters of Elaine getting to know of human civilization, being in the Seven Deadly Sins for the first time and interacting with other characters, it is time to move to the main story of Nanatsu no Taizai with the immortal fairy in it! It might be different from Ban's no doubt and I had that ringing in my imagination for days. That's the reason why I took so long finishing this chapter. I apologize. :)

For Elaine's human form, I somewhat imagine it to be of Lyanna Stark from A Song of Ice and Fire in looks. In the Google Image search about Elaine, I could have sworn to see her human form resembling Ned Stark's sister and was enthralled by it. I made a reference to King following Ban wherever he goes just to prevent him from causing trouble, much Ban's dismay.

Once again, I based some of the characters and the "Five War Kings" unit (I based it from the Kingsguard of the Iron Throne) from ASOIAF/GoT so disclaimer: I own nothing of GRRM's work. Merely for fun and OCs whose names I based on.

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